Critic Reviews
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Leonard Klady, Variety
Slim on story and rife with scatological jokes, the film may strike a chord with pre-teens but misses for an older crowd despite some nifty effects and broad humor.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie will not harm anyone, and in the audience I saw it with, lots of parents and kids seemed to be laughing together.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The old actor's rule -- never work with animals or kids -- has never seemed more apt. The animals steal the scene from Murphy every time, and he gives it up gladly.
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Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Dr. Dolittle runs out of ideas long before the projector runs out of film.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
A cloying, humorless motion picture whose only assets are the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and a couple of good one-liners by a pair of rodents.
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Cast
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Eddie Murphyas Dr. John Dolittle -
Ossie Davisas Archer Dolittle -
Oliver Plattas Dr. Mark Weller
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Peter Boyleas Calloway -
Richard Schiffas Dr. Gene Reiss -
Kristen Wilsonas Lisa Dolittle
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